Everyone has dreams they want to achieve‚ and don’t want to give up‚ no matter how much of a struggle it is. This is what “Hidden Figures” of Theodore Melfi conveys in a warm‚ lively‚ and funny way. The story of a team of African American women mathematicians who served an important role in NASA during the early years of the US space program. It is a story of brilliance‚ and struggle. Set in 1960s‚ Hampton‚ Virginia‚ during the space race. Katherine Johnson (Taraji Henson)‚ Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia
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engineers‚ scientists and inventors whose ideas and technologies have bettered our material existence. The launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 heralded the dawn of a new age. The very first launch has not only sparked the Space Race between the Soviet Union and United States‚ it has also made the deployment of military and commercial satellites into an almost routine task. Since Sputnik‚ satellites have advanced in sizes and varieties. Satellites are now capable of detecting and destroying incoming warheads
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On December 25‚ 1991‚ the Soviet Union flag lowered for the last time. With the lowering of the flag‚ Mikhail Gorbachev resigns from the post of President. As changes are occurring from Gorbachev’s steady hand‚ people all around the world watched in disbelief as the Soviet Union was split into separate nations peacefully. These changes could not have transpired without the revolution that Gorbachev brought forward. His reform efforts would be the eventual catalyst towards demanded freedom from
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Jubayer Ahmed Mr.Disiro period 8 Imagine a war without the use of weapons. The Cold War was a standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union without a use of arms (Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race). It was a period of time with great resentment and pressure. Even though both sides never had a direct military confrontation‚ they engaged in “proxy wars” and threatened each other with nuclear annihilation (Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race). For over forty years the Soviets and Americans
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The Space Race and the Cold War “That’s One Small Step for Man‚ One Giant Leap for Mankind”. These words were heard worldwide when astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the moon. When the Apollo 11 mission launched on July 16‚ 1969‚ carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong‚ Michael Collins‚ and Buzz Aldrin‚ the world was immersed in the middle of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union which had in essence split the globe into two radically different ideologies that
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levers etc. By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery in technology by making mankind sufficient to leave the atmosphere of the earth and explore space ‚ another important invention is satellite. The first artificial satellite SPUTNIK-1 was built by SOVIET UNION which was launched on 4th OCT 1957 after revolving around the earth 1440 times which is equal to 60 million miles for 3 months burnt to ground on 4th JAN 1988 which is one of the greatest achievement in human history.
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The Soviet Union launched the first Earth satellite‚ Sputnik 1 (Lecture notes). Although it was nothing more than radio antennas‚ it showed that the Soviet Union had the technological advantage. Moreover‚ it was the beginning of the space battle. In 1958‚ the United States created the National Aeronautics and
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of the space race meant that you had a military technology benefit. With the ability to have rocket knowledge‚ you can have a perk of nuclear weapon logistics over other countries without the advantage of precise rocket control. The USSR equipped Sputnik with under a dozen ICBMs. It was a very sensitive time for the U.S. to know that Russia had ICBMs. Being able to have this advantage in military power was desireable by the U.S. and Russia. Satellites have many applications in the commercial market
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History of Educational Reform Today new school reforms have been formulated. These reforms are created to form individuals into becoming financially advanced and globally competitive persons. The very means to gauge the progress of the new reform is through test scores. Standardized tests and the test scores are now tantamount to accountability‚ transforming the educational system into a dehumanized market institution. The school is seen as a capital investment and is now measured according
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great changes that occured at that time the 50’s also had it’s disadvantages. Citizens of the United States were terriffied of the Soviets‚ their spread of communism‚ and their new technology inventions such as the atomic bomb or the satellite called Sputnik. The Cold War‚ which was not an actual war‚ but a political and economic tension betweet the two nations‚ was a huge issue. Even though the Soviet Union was extremely powerful and controlled many countries in Europe and Asia‚ President Eisenhower
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